Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-05
ST. PAUL, MINI. March !. 1851.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March /. 1887
thaos. This describes the condition Of
affairs III the House. That BODY is so alb
soluteiy. overwhelmed with business that
hle1nbers are fairly dazetl and hardly know
where to begin: There were 2!}} bills on
general orders this morning and when the
bouse closed its session at II o'clock to-
hlgho there We're still 200 bills On general
orders An effort was made in the after
noon 10 relieve the general order list by an
pointing committee 70 select u~tl bits as
there was no Objection TO and place them OF,
the calendar for third reading and !ins.i
passage, thus avoiding, debate and the de-
10y when OCCURS Ill Ihe committee Of the
M WIS me conm'ttcc reported
ana selected something - over
two hundred bills to which there WIS no
objection. This looked as though there was
so.us 10 be a tremendous sweep and
auVancement OF business but the result was
a disappointment. Hendrickson of St.
faul' VINO was interested in bill that had
peeh .opJected too, got up and moved that
ms bll be included in the list to lie added to
the third reading but an Otter Tail county
member objected. The chair ruled that
Where there was single objection, it threw
the bill out. There we're four or i've bills in
WIS Mnlci the Utter Tail man was Interested
they were. included in the report of
the committee, but Hendrickson. as a
mattef OF revenge, picked them out
ana they were all rejected from the report
OF the committee. Then another member
arose and wanted to get some bill included
in the advancement and some one else
wanted bill or two that had been reported
Dy the committee thrown out and the
result Of the whole middle was tlYt after
an hours effort to get the advancement
MAGE the whole subject was laid on the
table and the 393 bills ali remained on
general orders. TWAS nearly 70 O'Clock to-
night before that order OF business was
reached. The first bills related to freedom
OF traffic on railroads and interest and
when three Of them had been passed
to adjourn. About FORTY bills We're
passed in the House during the afternoon
ana evening Among them was the Senate
| Dill offered by Mr.. Ives forbidding the sale
OF hquor TO minors. This had close call
only having one vote to spare. In the even
ing while the House was engaged in third
reading and passage Of bills. the Lee bill
prescribing penalties for violation of the
nl2h license law was reached. There We're
sixteen absentees and among them lust
enough Nigh license men, or those who had
voted for high license before, to leave the
temperance element i'll the minority. The
antl-hlgh license forces were very anxious
TO vote and the high license men inst as
anxious to prevent it. Mr.. Potter of Hous-
ton took charge OF the matter and began to
a call OF Tie House and to call the rel. mo-
tlons to adlourr and motions for variOus
things with the call the roll order nacl,
time followed i'll quick Succession. hIr. Pot
ter asked to have the bill laid aside until
morning as a matter Of courtesy and an
t; MS 1h<untion, Il 1t was not. to con-
tlnue his tactics and spend The entire
evening III ca ling the roll Afte;. an hOnr
OF more had passed in this manner q com
promise was reachen by dropping the third
reading and l,aasago Of bils entirely and
gong INTO the "olnnittee of the whole and
very Little, Scarcely any bills were passed
m nit >" Of } t:e W ttn9 the nod con- ~
mena beers Wee tired and q good many of
.helh nau anu consequently adjourned as
nave already e. planned, after three bills ha Z
Deen considered. One reason for so little
being accomplished in committee az the
"Eole tins evening was because four bills
regulating Interest stood at the bead of the
list and the House during the afternoon
having a!reauy passed Mr., DoEnclly's inter
est blii, be opposed the considerable of
these until it was determined whether The
Senate would accept his bin o.. not. Each one
OF Che lour ;henDers who had introduced
pllia On tie subject We're ANXIOUS to have
tteils considered and the result was :, 'aroe
al OF talk with nothing accomplished
ne SENATE to-day passed the House Eiit for,
b!enhal sessions Of ninety DAYS and also til a
c!h approp1li'ting SO, 900 for repairing tie
olaae capitol. Ihis is the ending Of the
capiiol removal boom and the real estate
operators go about the streets III mourning,
lhe effort 70 locate the new soldiers home
on the State experimental farm was over
"heinlngly defeated in the Senate on},r
receiving four votes The bill for a c0nstI-
gltlonal amendment prohibiting the sale
ana inanufacture OF liquor could only mus
Ter eighteen votes in tue Senate but was
fefonsltered and may come Up again. It
IS hardly likely to lass but Is it Should, viii
20 TO the people for p. their
consideration. The House is
struggling with the reappcrtionrlect hill
nut me Senators who viii hold Two Years
more more II there IS no reanportio31liellt and he
leeislated out OF Office II the Bill should nass
are against the measure 50 that it is Dre:*v
certain that no reaPportionoen5 bill will
pass Iilis session. Only two more DAYS r.
Hahn during which bills ran be passed :rnd
ne pr9bahL;tv Is that four or five hundred
t.!ils row pending viii be lost for lack Of
For the Glory OF COD.